[Histonet] Certified techs/high complexity testing

[Pratt, Caroline]

Exactly, we are trying to educate our staff on this currently.  It is
important to understand because the regulatory bodies do focus on this
issue.

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Subject: [Histonet] Certified techs/high complexity testing

I would be very careful when you say you need a CLIA certified tech to
do gross (high complexity testing). You actually need someone who meets
the CLIA requirements to perform High Complexity Testing. You can have a
tech who is certified, but they may not meet the educational
requirements. That person MUST have 60 semester hours, 24 of those in
science, 6 hours must be Biology and 6 must be Chemistry and documented
training in the area of high complexity testing. It has NOTHING to with
certification, unfortunately. 


Kelly D. Boyd, BS, HTL (ASCP)
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